Chapter Adventure Reading Challenges discussion

Use this space to plan out your 2026 challenge reads and keep track of your progress.

KEY WORD Challenge
JANUARY - Weekend, Keep, Ground, Door, Among, Midnight, Glitter, Highway
Book: The Locked (Door), Frieda McFadden
Book: (Midnight) is the Darkest Hour, Ashley Winstead
Book: Bury Our Bones in the (Midnight) Soil, VE Schwab

FEBRUARY - Lying, Ruin, Alchemy, Hoax, Blind, Chance, Flower, Sound
Book: The (Lying) Game, Ruth Ware

MARCH - Favorite, Orange, Picture, Broken, Sister, Look, Forget, Fortune
Book:

APRIL - Mirror, Mist, Party, Stray, Light, People, Everlasting, Spell

MAY - Bright, Creek, Letter, Empire, Forever, Emerald, Wreck, Eye
Book:

JUNE - Box, Apple, Castle, Fool, Middle, Cold, Flight, Become
Book:

JULY - Fall, Sun, Boyfriend, Thousand, Shores, Country, Confession, Society
Book:

AUGUST - Matter, Spy, Roof, Missed, Zero, Enchant, Water, Point
Book:

SEPTEMBER - Orbit, Hot, Daydream, Endure, Curse, Ice, Decay, Smile
Book:

OCTOBER - Prey, Crypt, Hollow, Dreadful, Killer, Hex, Wolf, Lore
Book:

NOVEMBER - Whistle, Quiet, Bitter, Rising, Strings, Lands, Seven, Song
Book:

DECEMBER - Lemon, Welcome, Bake, Crush, Cafe, Taste, Cat, Kind
Book:

MONTHLY MOTIFS Challenge:

JANUARY- Read Around the Clock - Read a book with a clock on the cover.
Book: The Midnight Bargain, CL Polk

FEBRUARY- Secrets, Lies, & Schemes - Read a book in which the characters are telling lies, keeping secrets, or involved in schemes.
Book: The Lying Game, Ruth Ware

MARCH- Books on the Brain - Read a fiction or non-fiction book with a brain-function related theme.
Book:

APRIL- Alliteration Appreciation - Read a book with repeating sounds or letters in the title.
Book:

MAY- Debut Novels - Read an author's first career published novel.
Book:

JUNE- Under the Neon Lights - Read a book with neon, electric, and fluorescent colors or typography on the cover.
Book:

JULY- Literary Road Trip - Read a book that takes place somewhere that is at least 5000 miles from where you currently live.
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AUGUST- Celestial Covers - Read a book with celestial beings on the cover, or as part of the title (stars, comets, planets, galaxies, etc).
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SEPTEMBER- Based in Truth - Read a book that is based on real-life events.
Book:

OCTOBER- Otherworldly - Read a book with otherworldly elements or entities in it.
Book:

NOVEMBER- Indie Imprints - Read a book published by an independent publisher.
Book:

DECEMBER- Eats, Treats, & Sweets - Read a book with food, candy, or pastries on the cover, or as an integral part of the story.
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Third year, here we go! Possible reads in my library matching the key words - we'll see what piques my reading mood most each month. ;)

JAN– Weekend, Keep, Ground, Door, Among, Midnight, Glitter, Highway
Parents [Weekend] – Alex Finlay
The [Keep]er of Stars – Buck Turner
The Under[ground] Library – Jennifer Ryan
Behind a Locked [Door] – Sarah A. Denzil
The [Midnight] Lock – Jeffery Deaver

FEB– Lying, Ruin, Alchemy, Hoax, Blind, Chance, Flower, Sound
One of us is [lying] – Shalini Boland
Children of [Ruin] – Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rules for second [Chance]s – Maggie North
The [Sound] of Stars – Alechia Dow

MAR– Favorite, Orange, Picture, Broken, Sister, Look, Forget, Fortune
My [Favorite] Bad Decision – Elizabeth O'Roark
[Broken] Harbor – Catherine Cowles
[Sister]s under the Rising Sun – Heather Morris
Spells for [Forget]ting – Adrienne Young
The Girls of Good [Fortune] – Kristina McMorris

APR– Mirror, Mist, Party, Stray, Light, People, Everlasting, Spell
A Lifetime of Impossible [Days] – Tabitha Bird
The Garden of Evening [Mist]s – Tan Twan Eng
The Birthday [Party] – Wendy Dranfield
Half-[Light] Harbor – Samantha Young
The Sky [People] – Terry Goodkind
[Spell]s for Forgetting – Adrienne Young

MAY– Bright, Creek, Letter, Empire, Forever, Emerald, Wreck, Eye
Long [Bright] River – Liz Moore
The Angel [Creek] Girls – Leslie Wolfe
The Last [Letter] – Rebecca Yarros
When we had [Forever] – Shaylin Gandhi
Icebound: Ship[wreck]ed at the Edge of the World – Andrea Pitzer
Those empty [Eyes] – Charlie Donlea

JUN– Box, Apple, Castle, Fool, Middle, Cold, Flight, Become
The Fall of Númenor and Other Tales from the Second Age of [Middle]-earth – J.R.R. Tolkien
[Cold] to the Touch – Kerri Hakoda
The Line [Become]s a River: Dispatches from the Border – Francisco Cantú

JUL– Fall, Sun, Boyfriend, Thousand, Shores, Country, Confession, Society
The [Fall]en Girls – Kathryn Casey
She who became the [Sun] – Shelley Parker-Chan
Rent a [Boyfriend] – Gloria Chao
On a Night of a [Thousand] Stars – Andrea Yaryura Clark
Wild Dark [Shore] – Charlotte McConaghy
Old [Country] – Matt Query
The [Confession] – Jessie Burton
The Secret Book [Society] – Madeline Martin

AUG– Matter, Spy, Roof, Missed, Zero, Enchant, Water, Point
You [Matter]: Learning to love who you really are – Matthew Emerzian
All the [Missing] Pieces – Catherine Cowles
[Zero] Days – Ruth Ware
The Things we [Water] – Mariana Zapata
The Meeting [Point] – Olivia Lara

SEP– Orbit, Hot, Daydream, Endure, Curse, Ice, Decay, Smile
A Brilliant Night of Stars and [Ice] – Rebecca Connolly
The Color of [Ice] – Barbara Linn Probst

OCT– Prey, Crypt, Hollow, Dreadful, Killer, Hex, Wolf, Lore
[Hollow] – Caroline Peckham
For the Wolf – Hannah F. Whitten

NOV– Whistle, Quiet, Bitter, Rising, Strings, Lands, Seven, Song
A Monsoon [Rising] – Thea Guanzon
The Tender [Land] – William Kent Kruger
[Seven] Summers – Paige Toon
Survivor [Song] – Paul Tremblay

DEC– Lemon, Welcome, Bake, Crush, Cafe, Taste, Cat, Kind
[Welcome] Home – Arno Strobel
We'll prescribe you another [cat] – Syou Ishida
The Incredible [Kind]ness of Paper – Evelyn Skye

JANUARY - Weekend, Keep, Ground, Door, Among, Midnight, Glitter, Highway
Weekend-The Weekend; That Weekend; The Long Weekend; Ski Weekend; The Long Weekend; The Weekend Away; The Girl's Weekend; The Weekend Alone; The Weekend Away
Keep-Keep the Doctor Away; Something I Keep Upstairs; The Keeper of Stories; Keep Your Friends Close; Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff; Keep it in the Family; Keep Quiet; The Secrets you Keep; Not Yours to Keep; The Keeper of Happy Endings
Ground-Proving Ground; The Fighting Ground; On Her Own Ground; Indian Burial Ground; The Proving Ground; Playground; The Lakotas and the Black Hills-the Struggle for Sacred Ground; Sacred Ground
Door-Behind the Red Door; The Girl Next Door; The Girl Next Door; The Mockingbird Next Door; The Family Next Door
Among- A Lion Among Men; When Among Crows; A Crane Among Wolves; Among the Burning Flowers; Among the Fair Magnolias
Midnight- Midnight on the Marne; Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder; A Midnight Puzzle; The Midnight Sea
Glitter- Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge; The Glitter and the Gold; A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City; The Glittering Court
Highway- Highways and Heartaches; Blue Highway; Strange Highways; Highway Cats; Highway Thirteen; Highway of Tears; The Proud Highway

FEBRUARY - Lying, Ruin, Alchemy, Hoax, Blind, Chance, Flower, Sound
Lying: Lying in Wait; The Lying Game
Ruin: A Ruinous Fate; The Ruins; Sun of Blood and Ruin
Alchemy: Alchemy of Secrets; An Accidental Alchemist
Hoax: Of Hoaxes and Homicide
Blind:
Chance:
Flower: A Flower Traveled in My Blood; The Language of Flowers; The Sunflowers; All the Flowers in Paris
Sound: Soundless

MARCH - Favorite, Orange, Picture, Broken, Sister, Look, Forget, Fortune
Favorite:
Orange:
Picture:
Broken:
Sister:
Look:
Forget:
Fortune:

APRIL - Mirror, Mist, Party, Stray, Light, People, Everlasting, Spell
Mirror:
Mist:
Party:
Stray:
Light:
People:
Everlasting:
Spell:

MAY - Bright, Creek, Letter, Empire, Forever, Emerald, Wreck, Eye
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Creek:
Letter:
Empire:
Forever:
Emerald:
Wreck:
Eye:

JUNE - Box, Apple, Castle, Fool, Middle, Cold, Flight, Become
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Castle:
Fool:
Middle:
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Flight:
Become:

JULY - Fall, Sun, Boyfriend, Thousand, Shores, Country, Confession, Society
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Sun:
Boyfriend:
Thousand:
Shores:
Country:
Confession:
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AUGUST - Matter, Spy, Roof, Missed, Zero, Enchant, Water, Point
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Spy:
Roof:
Missed:
Zero:
Enchant:
Water:
Point:

SEPTEMBER - Orbit, Hot, Daydream, Endure, Curse, Ice, Decay, Smile
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Endure:
Curse:
Ice:
Decay:
Smile:

OCTOBER - Prey, Crypt, Hollow, Dreadful, Killer, Hex, Wolf, Lore
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Killer:
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Wolf:
Lore:

NOVEMBER - Whistle, Quiet, Bitter, Rising, Strings, Lands, Seven, Song
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Quiet:
Bitter:
Rising:
Strings:
Lands:
Seven:
Song:

DECEMBER - Lemon, Welcome, Bake, Crush, Cafe, Taste, Cat, Kind
Lemon:
Welcome:
Bake:
Crush:
Cafe:
Taste:
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KEY WORD READING CHALLENGE 2026:

JAN-Among Heroes: A U.S. Navy SEAL's True Story of Friendship, Heroism, and the Ultimate Sacrifice by Brandon Webb
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KEY WORD Challenge

JANUARY - Weekend, Keep, Ground, Door, Among, Midnight, Glitter, Highway
Book: In the Barren Ground by Loreth Anne White FINISHED 1-4-2026

FEBRUARY - Lying, Ruin, Alchemy, Hoax, Blind, Chance, Flower, Sound
Book:

MARCH - Favorite, Orange, Picture, Broken, Sister, Look, Forget, Fortune
Book:

APRIL - Mirror, Mist, Party, Stray, Light, People, Everlasting, Spell
Book:

MAY - Bright, Creek, Letter, Empire, Forever, Emerald, Wreck, Eye
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JUNE - Box, Apple, Castle, Fool, Middle, Cold, Flight, Become
Book:

JULY - Fall, Sun, Boyfriend, Thousand, Shores, Country, Confession, Society
Book:

AUGUST - Matter, Spy, Roof, Missed, Zero, Enchant, Water, Point
Book:

SEPTEMBER - Orbit, Hot, Daydream, Endure, Curse, Ice, Decay, Smile
Book:

OCTOBER - Prey, Crypt, Hollow, Dreadful, Killer, Hex, Wolf, Lore
Book:

NOVEMBER - Whistle, Quiet, Bitter, Rising, Strings, Lands, Seven, Song
Book:

DECEMBER - Lemon, Welcome, Bake, Crush, Cafe, Taste, Cat, Kind
Book:

MONTHLY MOTIFS Challenge:

JANUARY- Read Around the Clock - Read a book with a clock on the cover.
Book: Parallel BY Elle O'Roark (Finished 1-6-2026)

FEBRUARY- Secrets, Lies, & Schemes - Read a book in which the characters are telling lies, keeping secrets, or involved in schemes.
Book:

MARCH- Books on the Brain - Read a fiction or non-fiction book with a brain-function related theme.
Book:

APRIL- Alliteration Appreciation - Read a book with repeating sounds or letters in the title.
Book:

MAY- Debut Novels - Read an author's first career published novel.
Book:

JUNE- Under the Neon Lights - Read a book with neon, electric, and fluorescent colors or typography on the cover.
Book:

JULY- Literary Road Trip - Read a book that takes place somewhere that is at least 5000 miles from where you currently live.
Book:

AUGUST- Celestial Covers - Read a book with celestial beings on the cover, or as part of the title (stars, comets, planets, galaxies, etc).
Book:

SEPTEMBER- Based in Truth - Read a book that is based on real-life events.
Book:

OCTOBER- Otherworldly - Read a book with otherworldly elements or entities in it.
Book:

NOVEMBER- Indie Imprints - Read a book published by an independent publisher.
Book:

DECEMBER- Eats, Treats, & Sweets - Read a book with food, candy, or pastries on the cover, or as an integral part of the story.
Book:

I did a horrible job at posting my reads in 2025! I am going back to catch up now but hope to do better this year. I need to check the motif at least 1/2 month in advance so I can have time to find and acquire the books. I will also make a calendar reminder to post the last 2 weekends of the month.